Economics is going to be part of the fight for 2012.
However, if Pres. Obama and Democrats can frame the race against Mitt Romney, the best bet to be the Republican nominee, as one against a Wall Street Republican, things could get sticky for Mitt very quickly.
It’s not like Mr. Romney can make the case he can relate to main street and working class Americans. That’s just one reason why, if Romney prevails, it’s a good bet that an independent Tea Party bid could play hell with his presidential dreams.
The ad above is from an outside progressive group led by Bill Burton, formerly of the Obama administration, Priorities USA Action.
I agree, Romney is Wall-Street to the core, but President Obama has his own problems when it comes to Corp. Big Money. What a group of candidates to vote for in 2012 !! I hope for a decent Independent candidate to choose from.
Does anyone ever listen to some of the things this guy says. He wants 100,000 more soldiers, he doesn’t think the navy is big enough ( he wants to build 15 ships a year instead of nine ), he wants to ” modernize the air force ” , He wants to do all this while supposedly balancing the budget by getting rid of Obama care, laying off federal workers and returning spending to ’08 levels. Any successful businessman, which he claims to be, would know these things are impossible; especially now.
His defense of low tax rates on millionaires is actually less worrisome simply because he represents a disease which has overtaken this country. This ailment leads level headed people to believe that raising a tax on wealthy people will cause them to disinvest. Andrew Cuomo ( a democrat ) used that excuse as did Mr. Christie when they recinded the surtax on millionaires. It’s nonsense; there was more business investment when taxes were high. Their all rich and they’ve all gotten used to getting their own way thanks to Reagan, Clinton and Bush. As Krugman kind of said, their all a bunch of big babies who go into a snit everytime someone tries to take something away from them; whether they need it or not.
Loved that first paragraph, fangio.
Romney’s going to leave an entire quadrant of the Republican right dissatisfied. That’s his real problem.
I’m also reminded of Axelrod last Sunday, when he said, without a single trace of irony, that Romney was disingenuous and didn’t have any principles, but changed whenever it suited him.
Two corporate pols, Obama & Romney, in the current atmosphere, simply will not satisfy the electorate in 2012, unless something shifts dramatically. I see it more likely shifting against them than for either.
Axelrod’s spin struck me too Taylor…I don’t see a dime’s worth of difference, if we had a coroprate party they would be competing against each other in a primary.
Obama can hardly call Romney out on anything with a straight face. The two of them are actually pretty much the same politically, and both say whatever they think people will buy in order to get elected. It’s a toss-up and if it is Romney, I am not convinced that Obama will win.
I’m not so interested in who wins or loses between Romney and Obama or prognosticating it. It’s the energy in which the political debate will take place. That’s what is fascinating to watch and gauge.
The irony is that Obama and Romney have the exact same weaknesses. Neither one have any connection to the working class in this country. Obama trying to play populist hero makes me laugh and neither one of them have any core values so who knows what you’re going to get for the next four years.
I still don’t think that there will be a third party if Romney is nominated. The polls aren’t showing that right now anyway. A SUSA poll showed that 77% of the tea partiers are going to suck up and hold their noses and vote for Romney. The Queen of the Tea Party Bachmann only gets 84% of the Tea Party.